In a mid week match in week 3, on Thu Dec 1st, Japan hosts Spain at National Olympic Stadium in a World Cup match. In their last match, Japan recorded a 0-1 loss against Costa Rica. Keysher Fuller Spence struck first for Costa Rica in the 81st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Japan couldn’t muster any offence and Costa Rica ran away with the shutout win. Japan is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while spain is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Germany. Morata struck first for Spain in the 62nd minute on a feed from Jordi Alba, but Niclas Füllkrug got the equalizer for Germany in the 83rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Germany. Spain is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Morata has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Spain. Kaoru Mitoma and Daichi Kamada are the top scorers for Japan in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.